Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. William COTTON Birth: Abt 1410 Death: 22 May 1455 in St Albans

Bibliography
  1. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  2. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1376 [Ref: Weis AR7 #246A],
place:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #246A],
parents:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #246A]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #246A]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Weis AR7 #246A]
Sources with Information about marriage to Joan REDE
child:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p560, Weis AR7 #246A]
Research Notes:
a mercer of London, bought Landwade estate in Cambridgeshire; rebuilt the Landwade church (Cotton-Rede-Marmion arms in original stained glass window there) [Ref: Weis AR7 #246A]



Pedigree of Walter COTTON
 /-----John COTTON
Walter COTTON
 \-----Margaret



Descendants of Walter COTTON
1. Walter COTTON m. Joan REDE
m. Joan REDE father: John REDE mother: Cecilia HARLYNGRUGGE

2nd generation

2. William COTTON m. Alice ABBOTT
m. Alice ABBOTT father: John ABBOTT mother: Agnes

3rd generation

3. Catherine COTTON m. Thomas V HEIGHAM
m. Thomas V HEIGHAM
4. Audrey COTTON m1. Thomas BARTON m2. Sir Richard GARDINER m3. Sir Gilbert TALBOT, K.G.
m. Thomas BARTON
m. Sir Richard GARDINER
m. Sir Gilbert TALBOT, K.G. father: Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury mother: Elizabeth BUTLER

4th generation

5. Clement HEIGHAM m. Matilda COOKE
m. Matilda COOKE father: Lawrence COOKE
6. Sir John TALBOT m1. Margaret TROUTBECK m2. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY
m. Margaret TROUTBECK father: Adam TROUTBECK mother: Joan MOLYNEUX
m. Elizabeth WROTTESLEY father: Walter WROTTESLEY mother: Isabella HARCOURT

5th generation

7. Sir Clement HEIGHAM m. Anne MUNNINGS
m. Anne MUNNINGS father: Thomas MUNNINGS mother: Margaret
8. Sir John TALBOT m. Frances GIFFARD
m. Frances GIFFARD father: John GIFFARD mother: Elizabeth GRESLEY
12. Anne TALBOT m. Thomas NEEDHAM
m. Thomas NEEDHAM father: Sir Robert NEEDHAM mother: Agnes MAINWARING